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aterat2021-05-04 08:57 pm
neurotoxicity) wrote in aterat2021-05-04 08:57 pm
Intro Logs
Who; Ivy + Open to anyone
What; Arrival and wandering around. If you'd prefer bracket spam action, feel free to do that rather than prose!
Where; Heading to the buildings + Wandering around at night
When; 5/04 in the morning and night.
Warnings; None at the moment, will update if any come up
A. Arrival at the residential area and the Green building.
B. Night and wandering around.
What; Arrival and wandering around. If you'd prefer bracket spam action, feel free to do that rather than prose!
Where; Heading to the buildings + Wandering around at night
When; 5/04 in the morning and night.
Warnings; None at the moment, will update if any come up
A. Arrival at the residential area and the Green building.
Ivy arrived in a bad mood. Due to that sour mood she headed straight to the residential area without even the slightest desire to look around. It was morning, way too early for a vampire, and she'd somehow just been abducted from one alternate dimension into another. What kind of shit luck was that? Her shoulders were hunched forward and her expression was dark as she walked with purpose to the area with the colored urban buildings.
"You have to be kidding me," she muttered as she looked up at each building. They looked like the type of city apartments Rachel had lived in before they'd moved in together. Which meant they were shared apartments. Shared apartments. At least in the last place she'd had her own place where she could try to avoid other people as much as she wanted to. This? This made it seem like avoiding people would be a lot more difficult.
After a few seconds more of just glaring at the building, as if that would somehow change what they looked like, she opened the door to the green building and went inside. She took a look around the common room and adjusted the blood red silk scarf around her neck as she sighed.
"A common room. Quaint..." she said with obvious irritation leaking into her voice. "B-10. Third floor then? These look so...small." Well, this was going to be an adjustment. A decidedly unpleasant adjustment.
B. Night and wandering around.
A little bit of sleep and the familiarity that night brought put Ivy in a slightly better mood. There were positives to this situation. So far from what she'd gathered on this place's network the place didn't seem quite as bleak as the underwater domes she'd just come from. They weren't underwater so it was a lot less claustrophobic. People seemed to know a lot more about who had brought them here and why. It even seemed like it might be possible to speak to some of the people in charge, which could lead to more information. It wasn't all bad. The living quarters were crap but at least she wasn't rooming with anyone. Try to focus on the positives, Ivy. That's what she kept telling herself over and over again. Maybe it'd actually convince her that this wasn't that bad.
The network could only tell her so much though. What she really needed to do was look around. Of course she waited until night to do that. Everything was easier (and more familiar) at night. She started with the market just as the sun was beginning to go down. Periodically as she walked through she stopped to write things down in a small notebook she'd brought with her. If anyone noticed her they might be able to pick up on the fact that she was sketching out a small map as well as taking note of any major businesses. They might also notice she was completely absorbed in her note taking. Which, unfortunately for anyone else walking around, meant she wasn't paying attention to people in the slightest. Maybe she's still a bit more tired and out of it than she thought...
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“And it was hard for me to understand that people didn’t care about it when I arrived in the last world.” He responded, mirroring her sad smile a little. What seemed normal for some was so different for others. He’d been terribly awkward about it and even knowing that it wasn’t going to get him in trouble there hadn’t stopped the anxiety and nerves from cropping up now and again. It had almost been retraining his brain to not be so cautious all the time. Rhy had been very patient with him about that... “It took a while for it to sink in. So I’m… fortunate that I had the chance to get used to it.”
A small chuckle escaped at that, he liked to think that she was right on that… As much as he desperately wanted to fit in sometimes, to not end up alone again, he didn’t have it in him to be agreeable on some matters. “Its gotten me in trouble more than once, but I’d rather speak out against their behaviour and narrow-minded opinions than stay silent.” Llewellyn wasn’t one to start fights, but he also wasn’t afraid to speak his mind when it mattered… And speaking up against certain people, especially those trying to ruin or speak ill of someone else, had become a bit of a habit of his. It got him fired from one station house, and he wasn’t exactly on the best of terms with his current boss either.
“Sounds like an experience we both know?” He responded in a quiet tone, shaking his head a little. He wasn’t going to volunteer the specifics, either. Somehow that was more difficult than what he’d already offered about his life, and that was saying something. They’d both shared more than either of them expected to, he was sure. “But we find ourselves with something of a reprieve from the sort of things that would result in secrets being dragged from us against our will, which is something worth noting.” He said, not exactly changing the subject so much as shifting it carefully. He hadn’t seen evidence of memory shares at all, which probably had to do with them not having a device implanted in their heads anymore. Llewellyn was relieved, to say the least.
Even if she wasn’t the best at encouraging people, the attempt wasn’t lost on him. It was appreciated in a way, No, it didn’t say one way or the other if the outcome would be desirable… But the point was that he wouldn’t know until he approached the subject with his husband or until such a time came that the choice might be put in their hands. “You make a lot of good points, Ivy.” He finally responded with a small smile in thanks. Even if it was still a complicated matter… maybe one day he could work up to it.
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"I see. That must have been confusing and...nice?" A relief at the very least she guessed. It made sense to her that it would take him time to adjust though. It must have been hard to not be paranoid about if and when someone might turn on him for it. A hint of a smile touched her lips at his statement.
"You'd like Rachel then. She's always believed in speaking out against behavior she doesn't agree with. Gets her in trouble every single day. Sometimes twice a day. Then the rest of us get in trouble because of her." Despite the harshness of her words she sounded more amused than annoyed. She'd never been brave enough to stand up to much of anything in her life, let alone Piscary and the order that vampires lived by. In a strange way she admired that Llewellyn did. "It takes a strong person to speak out."
She shrugged and gave a halfhearted nod. "Hopefully this place doesn't decide we should share." That was one thing she was very grateful for. She'd been told about the memory sharing in the last place but somehow had gotten lucky enough that nothing from her life had been shared. The things she'd gone through? There were only a few people she'd wish experiences like that on. Besides that, she didn't want to deal with fake sympathy or people trying to understand.
"Thank you. I don't hear people admitting that often enough."
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Humming a little, he nodded. “Confusing certainly described it… The instincts I’d built up tended to be at war with the knowledge that I didn’t need to be on guard on that matter.” He shook his head a little, it had been a bit exhausting at first, but… “But you’re right, it was nice once I adjusted.” It had just taken almost a year and one very patient person to get him to that point.
Ivy’s friend honestly sounded like exactly the kind of person he’d get along with, and he couldn’t help but smile at the amused tone in her voice, conflicting with her choice of words. “I would like to meet her one day, if I ever had the chance.” Although he supposed that meant the potential for twice as much trouble, but sometimes trouble was worth it if someone else benefited from those brave enough to speak out. “Or one who doesn’t think before they speak.” He added, tone almost joking a little. Llewellyn appreciated the compliment, of course, but he wasn’t the best at taking them.
Plus, it would be a lie to that say he always thought before he spoke. Especially if someone said or did something that was both annoying and wrong.
“I’m trying to remain hopeful that it won’t… I’ve asked around and it doesn’t seem as though it’s been a problem here before now. At least not for as long as anyone has been here.” He responded, tucking his hands in his coat pockets with a glance at the dwindling people around the area as the evening started to grow. “It’s definitely a world with its own complications, and we’ll have to be mindful until we figure more out...” For now, anyway. Llewellyn was rather hopeful that it stayed that way, having been through it a few times… It wasn’t fun, especially if it wasn’t something he was ready to talk about. “But it at least feels somewhat better than where we were— but perhaps that’s just the fact that we’re in a world where we can go outdoors again.” He added with a small grin, though wouldn’t exactly rule that out. Llewellyn had never liked feeling contained, and spent most of is time in his own world outside.
“You don’t? Mm… Unfortunate, because you do… Or at least I’ve appreciated the points you’ve made.” Llewellyn could at least relate to the feeling, sometimes it was a bit annoying when you said or suggested something and others ignored or dismissed it in favour of something they came up with themselves only to discover he’d been right all along.